I had the same problem when upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04 and i solved it by making the subtitles to load when the movie does. My totem is in spanish but i think the menus might be something like this:
Edit -> Preferences, and then check something like "load subtitle file when the movie starts" That worked for me. -- cannot load subtitles .srt on Movie Player https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224457 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to totem in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs